Nonprofits

Rethinking Self-Esteem

For three decades, I and many other psychologists
viewed self-esteem as our profession’s Holy Grail: a
psychological trait that would soothe most of individuals’
and society’s woes. We thought that high self-esteem
would impart not only success, health, happiness, and prosperity
to the people who possessed it, but also stronger
marriages, higher employment, and greater educational
attainment in the communities that supported it.

Psychologists have not been alone in their faith in...

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Black women have made countless contributions to the nonprofit sector, despite the uphill battle that they have faced. However, they often face doubters their credibility or intellect, solely as a result of their intersecting identities. Join Makiyah Moody, Crystal German, Tyra Mariani, and Ifeyinwa Offor Walker at this year’s Nonprofit Management Institute, as they discuss their personal struggles, and the nonprofit and philanthropic world can be more interjectionally inclusive. #SSIRInstitute ssirinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/social.innovation/photos/a.189678813942.160883.70363978942/10157471528458943/?type=3

Is “collective impact” just a buzzword, or does it actually make an impact? Sarah Stachowiak of ORS Impact and Lauren Gase of Spark Policy Institute summarize eight important findings from a study examining collective impact’s effect on institutions, populations, and environments across 25 initiatives in the U.S. and Canada. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/does_collective_impact_really_make_an_impact

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